spots) of the skin and freckles.
It is recorded that in Germany the roots were used as a sedative as early as the sixteenth century. Arabian knowledge is much the same as other nations. The French people use the fresh young leaves for salads. To remove the bitter taste they soak them in salt water for 30 min. and use as a spicy addition to mixed vegetables, at the same time getting natural protein, iron, calcium, phosphorus, and inulin. which are all part of our human formula. Uses: In Russia the root is the most popular, prepared as an extract with vodka, as a tea, or coffee. Ancient home medicine calls it Life Elixir, and it has acceptance for blood purifying, liver treatment, jaundice, gall-bladder, skin conditions, digestive disturbance and as an expectorant, sedative and calming. Clinically: In the form of extracts, tinctures, powders; loose and in tablets, for the long-established conditions above.
DOGWOOD, AMERICAN Cornus florida, L.( N. O.: Cornaceae)
Common Names: Borwood, Flowering Cornel, Green Ozier. Features: Dogwood, the common name of many of the larger of the forty or so species frequently cultivated, of hardy shrubs, trees and herbs that comprise the genus Cornus( family Cornaceae). The above specie grows from 12 – 30 ft. high in Canada and the United States. The slow growing and compact wood is covered with a rough and brownish bark used for many purposes. The leaves are smooth ovate, dark green above and pale beneath; the flowers are in bloom April to May, and are of a greenish-yellow colour and constitute the chief beauty of the tree in the springtime. The action of the Dogwood flowers are close to Chamomile for their soothing, tonic, and adaptability to weakened and debilitated conditions of the stomach. The fruit is an oval drupe of a glossy scarlet colour, containing a nut with two cells and two seeds, which the birds are very fond of. The chemical quality of the bark is tannic, and gallic acids, resin, gum, oil, wax, lignin, lime potash and iron, cornine is its active principle. Medicinal Part: The dried bark. Bodily Influence: Tonic, Astringent and slightly Stimulant. Solvents: Water, alcohol. Uses: It is much used as substitute for Peruvian bark( Cinchona), from which quinine is made, and may be used when the foreign remedy is not to be had, or when it fails, or when it cannot be administered. By some, Dogwood is prized for ague, but it is better adapted to the diseases caused by weakness of the stomach and bowels, by inducing circulation of healthy blood to the parts, removing effete matter, vitalizing the tissues and speedily removing pain from the diseased parts. To overcome water brash and other stomach weaknesses, capsules combined with Golden seal( Hydrastis canadensis) and Ginger( Zingiber) in powder form can be taken after meals.“ Dogwood, or Green ozier, exerts its best virtues in the shape of an ointment”— Dr. O. P. Brown( 1875). Both are effective. Internally, 1 teaspoonful of the bark in 1 cup of boiling water, steeped for ½ hr. Drink ½ cupful upon retiring at night, hot or warm, or take a mouthful three times a day. 1 or 2 cupfuls may be taken. Of the tincture, ½ – 1 fl. dram. Homoeopathic Clinical: Tincture of fresh bark— Dyspepsia, Intermittent fever, Pneumonia.